On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 10:44:52PM -0500, Mark Roberts wrote:
> Bill wrote:
>
> >On 2/18/2016 8:16 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
> >> with our dollar it may well be 3K up here.:-)
> >
> >$2500.00 actually, and I suspect my pusher might be being nice, on the
> >Bic Razor principle
>
> A week ago I'd have been completely unsurprised if the price in U.S.
> dollars had turned out to be $2500. I must say I'm pretty stunned.
A week ago I was expecting the price to be at least $1000 more than a
K3-II, so I wasn't even considering taking a serious look at the K1.
With the premium starting at $500 (and, no doubt, dropping noticeably
once the initial release period is over), I may yet change my mind.
I'm not going to be buying anything until I start using a camera again
on a regular basis. And even then I thought the K3-II would cover my
needs because most of the time I'm far more interested in longer focal
lengths than in wide angles, and I don't really need more than 24MP
(in fact the K5 and 16MP has yet to be a real limiting factor).
Things that I don't like about the K-1 when compared to the K3-II:
o Frame rate (for motorsports action shots I want all the fps I can get)
o The viewfinder - 0.7x vs. 0.95x magnification (although the extra border
around the crop area would be useful to see what's coming into frame).
Things that I do like:
o The AF system (I assume it will be better; I await actual reports)
o The larger rear screen, with the fancy tilt options
o Built-in wireless
o The third control dial
Things I don't really care about:
o The size and weight - I generally have a battery grip and the 60-250
attached, so the difference between the two cameras is less important.
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